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Five Things Bob Stoops’ Sooners Must Do to Win at Houston

By Chip Rouse

Oct 3, 2015; Norman, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) looks to pass against the West Virginia Mountaineers in the second quarter at Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 3, 2015; Norman, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) looks to pass against the West Virginia Mountaineers in the second quarter at Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 31, 2015; Miami Gardens, FL, USA; Oklahoma Sooners head coach Bob Stoops reacts during the first quarter of the 2015 CFP semifinal at the Orange Bowl against the Clemson Tigers at Sun Life Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Duyos-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 31, 2015; Miami Gardens, FL, USA; Oklahoma Sooners head coach Bob Stoops reacts during the first quarter of the 2015 CFP semifinal at the Orange Bowl against the Clemson Tigers at Sun Life Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Duyos-USA TODAY Sports /

Bob Stoops’ 2016 edition of Oklahoma football has a giant hurdle right out of the gate.

Houston and Oklahoma is undeniably one of if not the marquee matchup for the opening weekend of the 2016 college football season. Opening games can always be a bit sloppy as teams work out some of the offseason rust and first-game jitters. That leaves little margin for error when your opening opponent is one of the country’s top-ranked teams.

That’s precisely the predicament the Sooners find themselves in to begin the new season. To be the best you have to play the best, Stoops says, and that philosophy is going to get tested early and often in the 2016 season as Oklahoma goes against Houston, Ohio State, TCU and the annual Red River border war with Texas in the first six weeks of the season.

So what are the must-do things that Oklahoma needs to get high marks on if they are going to get past a very good Houston team on the road? We’ve narrowed the list for you and come up with a checklist of five key factors that could make or break this game for the Sooners:

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